Open AccessRelationship between Vitamin D Levels and Outcome of Pneumonia in Children
Author(s) -
Abiola Oduwole,
JK Renner,
Elizabeth Disu,
E Ibitoye,
E Emokpae
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v29i6.68261
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , outcome (game theory) , vitamin , pediatrics , environmental health , mathematical economics , mathematics
Pneumonia, a common childhood infection in Nigerian children with a number of debilitating complications such as empyema thoracis, has been linked to vitamin D deficiency due to its ability to modulate the T lymphocyte of the immune system .